Cant print from Vista through XP!!? driver not installed?!

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ok i just got a new computer here at work and its the Vista home premium 64 bit and so far i love it. i went to print through our local printer to which all of our xp computers go to and it says the driver isnt installed. so i put in the cd which told me that its not for my operating system. i read someone who said to hook the Printer which is the MFC-Brother 8860DN directly up to Vista computer and it would install the driver since it was built in. So i picked up this huge machine and carried it over to my desk and hooked it up and sure enough it instantly said installing driver and when it finished it said driver installed and i was able to print to it. well then i unplugged it and put the printer back i was hit with the same error message i got before saying the driver isnt installed. i'm going on 4 hours straight trying to fix this! help please!!!
 

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You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.


  1. First, connect to the XP machine.
  2. Next, connect to the printer.
  3. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
  4. Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.
 

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ok i went to the network and connected to the computer and i can see the brother printer and when i click on it i get a message saying connecting to brother and then this pops up..."The server for the 'Brother MFC-8860DN USB Printer' printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper driver, click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel and contact your network administrator or original equipment manufacturer for the correct printer driver." if you press cancel it does nothing, and then if you press OK it asks you to specify the location of the printer driver *.INF. when i looked for the brother printer driver it came up with the name like UNVDLL.dll or something to that effect. if i specify this driver it says that its not correct.
 

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johngalt said:
You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.


  1. First, connect to the XP machine.
  2. Next, connect to the printer.
  3. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
  4. Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.
Click to expand...



oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct.
 

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another way to try is if you still have the printer your list that worked when connected directly,is to go to that entry and change the port to the relevent network port so that vista uses the local driver and then redirects the output to a network port.

Right click on printer select properties then ports then add port select New tcp/ip port and complete the wizard. Have used this method for years for user access. should still work with vista.
 

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barman58 said:
another way to try is if you still have the printer your list that worked when connected directly,is to go to that entry and change the port to the relevent network port so that vista uses the local driver and then redirects the output to a network port.

Right click on printer select properties then ports then add port select New tcp/ip port and complete the wizard. Have used this method for years for user access. should still work with vista.
Click to expand...


Well i tried this and it didnt work...unless i did something wrong. basically when it asks for the printer name or IP address, what do i put? i put the share name which is BrotherM but this wasnt correct.
 

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should be in the format \\servername\sharename
 

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    Acer G276HL 27", (DVi) + Samsung 39" HDTV (HDMI)
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Read this tutorial. Before installing the printer, download the printer driver from HP's website, and then start with step 1.
 

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K3Kircher said:
johngalt said:
You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.


  1. First, connect to the XP machine.
  2. Next, connect to the printer.
  3. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
  4. Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.
Click to expand...



oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct.
Click to expand...

You don't search for Brother, because that is not what it is going to be named - however, you *can* just point to the C:\Windows\ directory and see if it finds the file automatically - if not, point to C:\Windows\System32 - if not then try C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directory. One of those three should have the required .INF file necessary for the printer to work as you have already installed it locally on your machine.
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
    Manufacturer/Model
    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
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    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
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    2 * 1920 x 1080
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    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System) Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree) 2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
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    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
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    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
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    AMD A6-5350M APU
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Sound Card
    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Lenovo 15" Matte
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    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
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johngalt said:
K3Kircher said:
johngalt said:
You first have to be able to see the printer on the XP machine - then you have to be able to connect to it - finally you have to be able to tell it which printer it is.

Since it automatically loaded the driver for the printer when it was connected locally, fixing this should be an easy task.


  1. First, connect to the XP machine.
  2. Next, connect to the printer.
  3. Next ask to use it - and when it asks to install the driver, select have disk
  4. Now, just manually find the manufacturer and then find the same driver as was installed when it was connected to your Vista machine locally (usually, like with HPs, it says something long the line of "HP DeskJet 7500 Series" - so select HP as the manufacturer, and then in the second column pick the DeskJet 7500 / DeskJet 7500 Series.
Click to expand...



oh also when i searched the installed printer drivers on my computer i got a list of the lexmark, canon, some other one and the brother. keep in mind that i can print to all these printers just not the brother. when i click on the brother driver properties it says the driver path and has descriptions of each one including the Driver File which is UNIDRV.DLL this is what i specified as the driver earlier and it says that its not correct.
Click to expand...

You don't search for Brother, because that is not what it is going to be named - however, you *can* just point to the C:\Windows\ directory and see if it finds the file automatically - if not, point to C:\Windows\System32 - if not then try C:\Windows\SysWOW64 directory. One of those three should have the required .INF file necessary for the printer to work as you have already installed it locally on your machine.
Click to expand...



well all works great now. :party:Thanks everyone for your help, i can finally sleep!
 

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Thanks- I got it but I used local port (rather than Standard TCP/IP) and it worked! The only difference is that I was trying to get the printer attached to my Vista computer to work on my XP laptop. Thanks again!
 

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